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If you dropped Danny Woodhead into 50's/60's NFL, how good would he have been?
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:43 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:43 am
IMO he'd have been a Hall of Famer
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Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:45 am to Draconian Sanctions
Why? He would have never gotten a clean release off the line, and would have been killed.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:45 am to Draconian Sanctions
If you dropped any NFL player into that era, would they not be unbelievable?
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:54 am to Draconian Sanctions
Great thread. Really thought-provoking. Let's think of some other players and explore this further.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 9:59 am to Draconian Sanctions
HA! No. If you just all of a sudden dropped an athlete from today to the 50's and 60's they probably wouldn't last a whole game.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:05 am to Draconian Sanctions
Guts like wood head and sproles would have a tougher time back then IMO.
The running schemes were nearly exclusively man blocking power schemes, not zone, and more straight line runners thrive in that.
I think the smaller shiftier back is a productive of the times for the most part
The running schemes were nearly exclusively man blocking power schemes, not zone, and more straight line runners thrive in that.
I think the smaller shiftier back is a productive of the times for the most part
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 10:07 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:15 am to Draconian Sanctions
He could have put up Hugh McElhenny or Lenny Moore type stats if he could have stayed healthy. That would have earned him HOF recognition.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:21 am to Draconian Sanctions
Woodheads value is more of a passing down guy (routes, blocking). Teams three a lot less then and even less to RBs. He is not a between the tackles kind of guy. He would be good but don't think a HOFer
Posted on 11/21/14 at 10:49 am to Draconian Sanctions
the best player in the league.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 11:27 am to Draconian Sanctions
He would be a Hall of Famer without question. And maybe regarded as one of the best football players ever. He would be so far ahead of his time.. he would put up video game numbers.
Hell, throw Kenny Hilliard in that era.. Or any good D1 player, and he's a hall of Famer.
That's why when comparing players from different generations should always be relative.
Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time, but bring him into 2014 and he might not even be a starter in today's MLB.
Hell, throw Kenny Hilliard in that era.. Or any good D1 player, and he's a hall of Famer.
That's why when comparing players from different generations should always be relative.
Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time, but bring him into 2014 and he might not even be a starter in today's MLB.
This post was edited on 11/21/14 at 11:31 am
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:13 pm to Draconian Sanctions
He probably would have the rushing record.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 1:22 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Hall of Famer
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